Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Role Models
Its funny when you see role models or hear the word role models a lot of people come to mind. Even more so growing up as a kid. Role Models come and go but the funny thing is I had people I looked up to but at the same time didn't take the knowledge I gained from them and applied it as a kid. Then down the line some of them did crazy shit that would make someone not to think of that person as a role model. Today's society especially in the United States puts unwritten strict rules on role models and when they fuck up everyone is done with them and they don't look at the positive side and what they brought to the world. Which is fucked up for me. Because we are all human and make mistakes. But it seems when it comes to kids we don't want to teach them that. If we see our kids role model do some crazy bullshit we write them off. But what if the good in that person effected our child in a good way and our child learned a lesson from the mistake our role models made. I mean role models don't have to be perfect to look up to them they can fuck up and we can go see this is what I don't want to be. Or this person was so bad they got locked up they robbed a store and stole a car and dropped out of school so they are bad people. But we didn't look at the inside of that person and go wait this person did this but he's now a successful lawyer now with a family. I guess that's why I never really had a role model because I never understood any of that. I know I'm no role model and I don't ever think ill be one if I am great but if I'm not its expected that I'm not a good influence and let's face it for the most part I'm not the best influence or have the best morals in life that would be up to the standards of society. But I do have the life experiences to share to the world. So other people don't make the same mistakes as I did. Or the life experiences to make it through something that maybe your going through now. Because to me that's a true role model not those fake ones that get built up with all the hype just to find out he or she made a mistake and its all taken away from them. So if I ever do have a child I think I'm going to show him or her a different thing about role models because looks can always be deceiving and I've learned the people that you think are role models aren't but the people you don't think are role models and until we get that understanding in life there will be a lot of people with a misunderstanding about life that could cause them not to move forward. I've seen that happen. So my take is don't have any role models you be your own role model and if you have one great its always good to have someone to look up to but just don't look up to that person too much because after all we all are human and make mistakes. So if a role model makes a mistake that's normal but a true role model will admit their mistakes and move forward instead of hiding their mistakes just to keep that title.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Facebook age
I often look back at old movies from the 80s 90s and now and is amazing on how far we've came in life. This is just not in personal growth but also how we interact with each other. Every time we turn around we are on our blackberry s smart phone or I phone. Meeting new friends all over the world. That's the good part we can now talk to people globally and all learn how to unite as one and learn about different cultures and get new ideas. But then there's the bad we stay at home don't meet anyone and we just stay to ourselves. I can't say anything I do that all the time. Maybe now that's a good thing in a way. See we are more busier than ever before we are always on the go and there's never been enough time for anything anymore with jobs kids personal errands and engagements. The list just goes on and on. Not to mention that sites like facebook as allowed us to become friends with people that we normally wouldn't even associate ourselves with in our personal lives of course some people may say that's bullshit but if you were to look at some of your facebook friends and judge them on how you would judge them on the street instead of a computer blackberry and I Phone you will see I'm actually right. One day I actually had to open myself up and look at my facebook friends and judge them going would I actually associate with them and get to know them in other places in my life if sites like facebook wasn't around and sadly the answer is No I wouldn't. By doing that it allowed me to actually see more of who I was as a person and go you know what if I can do this on facebook maybe I can do this in other places in my life and So I can truly be the person I was ment to be no matter what is going on in my life good or bad. Because as human beings we need contact even if its through a device like a laptop or phone. Where as back in say the 80s and 90s we would of never dreamed about facebook and how we communate now in the world. For me. I also think for some reason there's a security issue or safety net. You see its easier for me to open up and share things with people I probley never would in a lifetime. Now that's the good part because maybe another human being may be able to learn off of something I did and went through across the world compared to having my experience not change someone's life for the better. Because I beleave there's always someone that's going through what you are or did and they can learn from you just like you can learn from them. The thing I think I need to do now just like everyone else is find an equal balance between my blackberry and smart phone and get more of that actual human contact because in anyway you look at it without human contact you have nothing
Monday, June 20, 2011
my Grandpa
As fathers day comes and goes I reflect on my grandfather who passed away just less than a year ago. No I didn't have a close relationship. Thinking back from when I was little and a baby he did but some bullshit happened between my mom and Grandparents that caused me not to see my whole dads side of the family for a few years. It was totally fucked up I'd tell you about it but in respect to the family I'm not. Anyways I think that's why even now I really haven't bonded with my dads side of the family as well. They see me one way when I'm totally a different way but they fail to see the real me which is fine I respect that. I just can't help to wonder what I missed. He was a baseball player for the cubs fought in the war and that's all I really know. See he never let me get close to him. So I think most of my thoughts are bitter thoughts. One thing I do hope is that he's at least looking down on me now getting to know the true me. Because later is never too late than never
Friday, June 17, 2011
what i would do if I was President
Everyone thinks about being president and what they would do even more so now with everything going on I often ask myself that especially since I see the world as a whole totally fucked up politically. Of course my ideas won't solve everything and I'm not addressing every issue there is but most I guess of course its not perfect and there's probley hole and loopholes in it but this is the basics on what I would do if I was president. So here it goes.
Taxes: Right now as we have less and less money everyday and we can't afford the basic things for the government to run is because lack of taxes of course taxes will be going up. This is how it would work currently big companies currently pay next to nothing for taxes here in the US sometimes usually getting refunds while they still cut jobs and have more profits than ever with most of their money in bank accounts overseas. So I would raise the taxes on big companies so they can contribute to everyday society. Our supreme court has ruled that big companies are people. So if big companies are people and the conservative party wants people to pay taxes then big companies can pay taxes of at least 40 percent to 60 percent since that's the average around the world and they use resources just like you and me so they need to pay for that as well. Also taxes will be going up on the rich. Currently the top 400 wealthiest people in America has more money than 150 Million Americans combined that's half the US population and more people than the whole states population of New York Texas Pennsylvania California Florida Illinois Ohio Michigan Massachusetts and montana combined or the combined population of united kingdom, Italy, Australia. New Zealand and Lithuania. to put in prospective. 400 people in this country have more money than the population of these states combined in this country How can 400 people in this country have more money than 150 Million people combined. Where else does that happen in the world. yet they pay no taxes for the most part compared to everyone else. If the wealthy paid more money in taxes like your millionaires and billionaires of the US they wouldn't even notice that money missing out of their bank accounts. So their tax rate would be between 30 and 60 percent depending on wealth with tax breaks only when they support government approved non profit such as donations to hospitals and schools with a tax break cap of 10 percent. As far as the middle class and lower class goes their taxes would actually go down to just one percent. To be fair everyone has to pay taxes in this country but it makes no sense to keep taxing the working class and get money from people that don't have it. That's like me asking a homeless person on the street for $100 they don't have it so how can they give me $100. If that homeless person had $100 I don't think he would be on the street begging for food
Spending Cuts: We have been spending way too much money as a country which is forcing us to increase taxes while we have to cut spending to create a surplus and get rid of our debt So first thing I would cut is military spending. We currently spend more money than china does in defense and their population is over 1 billion people. We have a fraction of that and we spend more. Don't get me wrong I love the military and our country but the wars have drained us we've been there long enough so its time to pull out$ we have Military bases in 130 different countries around the world so the troops that are at war will be sent and scattered throughout the world. I would also put a stop to the war on drugs we waste so much money on the war on drugs that we forgot about the people that's on the drugs. With that disabled program I would take that money and send it to rehab places for people I would also invest it in education and drug awareness since we all know correct education is the best defense on drugs would also dis mantel the FCC. All the FCC is doing is making big communication companies richer and expand without regard to the public and there safety in emergences. So why should the FCC also control what's appropriate for the first Amendment with freedom of speech So in which case this would also ban censorship on TV and radio for everyday americans to be informed and entertained properly. We currently have more people in prison than anywhere in the world why for profit. So I would cut prison spending because that money can be diverted to education to educate us so we don't do crimes and there's hope. Because education and opportunity prevents crime not prison
Health care: Right now we have a broken system in the health care department. Where the poor and disabled can't get their needs met with their current plans. Hospitals and health insurance companies are playing god everyday with peoples live for the almighty dollar while the hospitals and CEO's are making millions. Why should someone's health be about making a profit anyways. So therefore I would enact universal health care and make non profit hospitals illegal and they would have to become Non Profit to stay in business with government oversight to ensure everyone gets treated. Now I know some of you might not like the idea of universal health care which is cool I understand. So I will still allow for profit insurance companies to run and operate in fact ill let them do whatever they want to make everyone happy I will even allow for profit health clinics for basic medical services for these insurance companies but one health care mishap of any kind would shut all of them down no universal health care money would be given to these for profit clinics but at anytime the person going to a for profit clinic can use the non profit hospital centers with their for profit insurance or free health care on the universal health care plan.. and at the same time make universal health care optional. But there would be a tax increase of 5 percent to income taxes to cover universal health care if the working class is only paying 1 percent in income taxes then they can afford the 5 percent universal health care tax since 6 percent all together is less than they are currently paying now.. Even those who elected not to receive universal health care will still be subject to the tax because the second you can't afford your health insurance payment along with co payment the balance would have the universal health care plan pick up the rest since all health care providers are non profit they need payment regardless.. The universal health care plan would have no denials or co payments of any kind
And if there's a something health wise you need to get don't get or special meds you need just pick up the phone and go do what you got to do and pay nothing as your payment is already taken care of with that 5 percent universal health care tax. And yes the wealthy would also be taxed as well for the universal health care tax because health care is a human right no matter what income level you are. So even though the wealthy could afford private for profit insurance. And with me allowing to have the health insurance companies charge whatever they want and deny coverage to whoever they want since universal health care is in place even the wealthy will need medical care as they will be handing the for profit health insurance companies money for no coverage since they can deny coverage on anything they want now and do whatever their little heart desires. The pharmacy s would work the same as they do now get your meds where ever you want the only difference with universal health care is. There's no co payment So you just sign for your meds and that's it and there's no denial from the insurance companies on the life saving meds you need because the insurance company doesn't want to pay for that drug.
Education: Right now we only currently spend 2 to 3 percent of the budget on education. Just 2 to 3 percent. That's sad its no wonder why the world is growing around us as we get dumber in society. So I would impose that we spend 25 percent of our budget on education. Sounds crazy I know but then again if we were all educated we wouldn't be spending money on prisons and rehab programs now would we. I would also make all schools year round with an 8 hour school day. Yeah totally sucks I know but we need to ensure our kids future. Because in the real world they will be working year round and 8 or more hours a day so why not is school as well. School is a child's career so let's get the child use to a career in the real world. I know there's some issues with kids having to be at school at 7am and doing everything they need to do. So I would impose that some schools work mainly in high school hours of 12pm to 9pm. Yes I said 12pm to 9pm and I said an 8 hour school day and that's 9 hours. I just failed to mention that they get 8 hours of education a day and that 1 hour lunch break doesn't count as time like in the real world.
Healthy Food. Its every humans right to get healthy food and a privilege to get junk food. So I would impose a 30 percent tax on all junk food and drinks. Now some people may say your controlling what I'm eating. My answer is no I'm not you can eat all the junk food you want your just going to pay a 30 percent tax to do so. What would that tax go towards? well I would use that money to give to suppliers of healthy food to make their food affordable for all and have healthy school lunches and breakfast free for all family income levels. I would also ban the use of food stamps on junk food and drinks. Now that fresh and healthy food is affordable and as cheap as the junk food your use to buying there's no need for junk food and drinks. This tax would also allow us to make better choices for us and allow us to cut spending on our universal health care. because people are saying we are spending too much money on health care I figure. if your healthy with no illnesses or diseases then there's less hospital visits and treatments. That in turn would allow us to spend less money on health care. It is a social responsibly for us to not only take care of us but help take care of the world around us as well. So to ensure us that we can take care of our people I will make healthy unused land in non urban areas ment to grow healthy foods for us. Since there will be tons left over and we don't want the food to go to waste we will allow other countries to buy our leftovers since we grew too much in the first place and export them out which would generate more revenue coming into the united states.
Jobs: That has been a huge issue for us here in the united states and across the world not to mention the everyday cost of living. So I would create new jobs and high paying jobs by giving big companies tax breaks. Yes they are people here in the united states and deserve tax breaks just like you and me. So here's what will happen instead of companies hiring all these 8 to $10 an hour jobs and only working 7 hours a week. Saying they are creating jobs and helping give me a break. If they want tax breaks and work their way up to paying zero taxes since big companies want to pay zero taxes. If your company has over 1500 people worldwide including independent contractors since the company could afford independent contractors then they can afford employees. Then they must have at least 85 percent of their staff making $30,000 a year or more in this united states 85 percent does not include forge ion countries. This would be more affordable because with awesome tax breaks and the universal health care system in place big companies would no longer be shelling out money for health insurance benefits. This would also cut spending by the government because we would be spending less money in section 8 and food stamps and programs like that since there are now decent paying jobs. This would also help a business expand by getting more business as we spend money companies make money where they have to expand and get bigger as there's more money flowing in the market the business would be able to expand and make more money. Now companies may say we will go else where. I say bye don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. The american consumer is number 1 in the world you need us. So to ensure that you keep jobs here you will be taxed heavily for anything coming into this country if you bring a piece of paper over here then you will be taxed. If that company decided to pull out. While imposing reasonable rate caps on goods and services to ensure you don't gauge the customer. Oh yeah and your business tax is going to be based on worldwide company earnings and if you have say an office the size of a studio apartment here in the united states because you moved more jobs overseas you will still be taxed. That tax money would go to unemployment and government benefits since they are unable to get a job because you moved everything overseas.
Marijuana: I would legalize weed and tax weed along with regulating it to 21 and up. Its no different than cigarettes if not safer. Plus you can use weed for medical reasons. For this case I would use the tax for the weed to subsidize weed to low income people that need it for medical purposes. Weed would be allowed to be grown at home but only if they pay a yearly tax on doing so to contribute to low income people being able to get weed for medical reasons. Failure to do so would be tax evasion with very stiff pent lites. This would not also bring in a revenue but it would cut our government spending by less people being in jail for just weed. Since currently most of our spending is just for convictions over weed.
Wall Street: currently the bankers and stock brokers are taking advantage of the american people and the US government since cities and towns right here in america went to big banks for sub prime loans on stuff like road repair and basic needs. Then just like when the interest went up on everybody's homes So did the interest go up on the loans for american cities basic needs and now cities can't afford a police department now. I would impose strong regulation on banks to make sure this doesn't happen again and loans banks give to the government for basic city/county needs will have interest capped at 2 percent.
Banks borrowed a lot of money from us without any intention to pay us back. If we took out a loan and couldn't pay the banks would of taken over our shit. Therefore every bank that borrowed money from us has 6 months to pay us back failure to pay us back would result in well us calling your bank the real bank of america because we will take over your shit like you did us with our houses putting us on our asses. The money received from the banks goes directly towards our national debt payment.
Social Security: we all need to retire at one point and by the time our kids are older including the young adults there won't be social security. So we will pay it back from the taxes we are getting from the wealthy and big companies while still being able to maintain basic functions of the united states. Also currently the wealthy doesn't pay social security after they make so much money but yet when they retire they collect that shit. So the wealthy will have to pay the social security tax just like everyone else with no tax freezes on the social security tax.
Oil/Energy: We will invest money in renewable energy and give tax breaks for an oil free company or person.
Gay Marriage: Here in america everyone has the right to love a person it doesn't matter if your gay bi straight or transgendered or lesbian. Therefore I would make gay marriage legal. Now everyone also has the right to their beliefs so if your a church or pastor then you don't have to merry a couple its your right to say no. But if your church does any type of social services then your church will help a gay family just like you would a straight family.
Religion: Everyone has the right to worship on what they be leave in that's a part of being spiritual. So the government won't inter fear with your right to worship or impose or pass laws on any religions point of view and it will be neutral at all times.
Abortion: Even though my personal choice would be never to have someone get or want an abortion the fact is its going to be around regardless if its banned or not and if its banned its going to be on the black market causing women to die. So abortions will always be a choice BUT it will be heavily regulated to insure abortions are done safely and the women must be aware of all of her options besides abortions in a neutral way so that way the women can make an educated choice on if she's going to have one or not based on her beliefs and morals.
Transparency: as a tax payer you have a right to know everything after all its your money So if you or your business wants to know anything about where your money is going you will have the right to do so once you prove your a tax payer. Even if you pay 1 penny a year in taxes just prove that and your fine since its any tax payer.
Lobbyist: K ST here in Washington DC is filled with nothing but lobbyist. What do they do they are paid by big companies to influence politicians by bribes payments and black mail to get what they want. Therefore lobbying would be banned and the only influence they politicians are allowed to receive is from the people that is bribe and black mail free.
Protesting: I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech and freedom to protest. Therefore anyone has the right to protest on anything peacefully and also in a way where it doesn't harm other people mentally or physically such as protesting at a soldiers funeral and putting their friends and family through that mental torment.
Global Warming/Enviormental issues: we will put tough regulations on companies on how they operate enviomentally to reduce the green house gases and the effects of global warming.
Abuse of Power: No public servant should abuse their power at anytime for anything. Any abuse of power would result in corrective action no questions asked
Now these are some of just many things I'd defently work on if I was president of course there's a million and one more subjects and issues that need to be addressed But these are just the basics that I think would make this great country a better place for everyone all over the world. Now I know I won't be president but just thinking about it let's me be creative about how to make the world around us better. My plan isn't perfect and maybe you don't agree with it. That's cool I can respect that but most of all maybe anyone reading this today no matter where you are would at least start to think of your ideas for your country to make it a better place and all of us can come together with our elected officials and do something to make a change for our world and children's world
Taxes: Right now as we have less and less money everyday and we can't afford the basic things for the government to run is because lack of taxes of course taxes will be going up. This is how it would work currently big companies currently pay next to nothing for taxes here in the US sometimes usually getting refunds while they still cut jobs and have more profits than ever with most of their money in bank accounts overseas. So I would raise the taxes on big companies so they can contribute to everyday society. Our supreme court has ruled that big companies are people. So if big companies are people and the conservative party wants people to pay taxes then big companies can pay taxes of at least 40 percent to 60 percent since that's the average around the world and they use resources just like you and me so they need to pay for that as well. Also taxes will be going up on the rich. Currently the top 400 wealthiest people in America has more money than 150 Million Americans combined that's half the US population and more people than the whole states population of New York Texas Pennsylvania California Florida Illinois Ohio Michigan Massachusetts and montana combined or the combined population of united kingdom, Italy, Australia. New Zealand and Lithuania. to put in prospective. 400 people in this country have more money than the population of these states combined in this country How can 400 people in this country have more money than 150 Million people combined. Where else does that happen in the world. yet they pay no taxes for the most part compared to everyone else. If the wealthy paid more money in taxes like your millionaires and billionaires of the US they wouldn't even notice that money missing out of their bank accounts. So their tax rate would be between 30 and 60 percent depending on wealth with tax breaks only when they support government approved non profit such as donations to hospitals and schools with a tax break cap of 10 percent. As far as the middle class and lower class goes their taxes would actually go down to just one percent. To be fair everyone has to pay taxes in this country but it makes no sense to keep taxing the working class and get money from people that don't have it. That's like me asking a homeless person on the street for $100 they don't have it so how can they give me $100. If that homeless person had $100 I don't think he would be on the street begging for food
Spending Cuts: We have been spending way too much money as a country which is forcing us to increase taxes while we have to cut spending to create a surplus and get rid of our debt So first thing I would cut is military spending. We currently spend more money than china does in defense and their population is over 1 billion people. We have a fraction of that and we spend more. Don't get me wrong I love the military and our country but the wars have drained us we've been there long enough so its time to pull out$ we have Military bases in 130 different countries around the world so the troops that are at war will be sent and scattered throughout the world. I would also put a stop to the war on drugs we waste so much money on the war on drugs that we forgot about the people that's on the drugs. With that disabled program I would take that money and send it to rehab places for people I would also invest it in education and drug awareness since we all know correct education is the best defense on drugs would also dis mantel the FCC. All the FCC is doing is making big communication companies richer and expand without regard to the public and there safety in emergences. So why should the FCC also control what's appropriate for the first Amendment with freedom of speech So in which case this would also ban censorship on TV and radio for everyday americans to be informed and entertained properly. We currently have more people in prison than anywhere in the world why for profit. So I would cut prison spending because that money can be diverted to education to educate us so we don't do crimes and there's hope. Because education and opportunity prevents crime not prison
Health care: Right now we have a broken system in the health care department. Where the poor and disabled can't get their needs met with their current plans. Hospitals and health insurance companies are playing god everyday with peoples live for the almighty dollar while the hospitals and CEO's are making millions. Why should someone's health be about making a profit anyways. So therefore I would enact universal health care and make non profit hospitals illegal and they would have to become Non Profit to stay in business with government oversight to ensure everyone gets treated. Now I know some of you might not like the idea of universal health care which is cool I understand. So I will still allow for profit insurance companies to run and operate in fact ill let them do whatever they want to make everyone happy I will even allow for profit health clinics for basic medical services for these insurance companies but one health care mishap of any kind would shut all of them down no universal health care money would be given to these for profit clinics but at anytime the person going to a for profit clinic can use the non profit hospital centers with their for profit insurance or free health care on the universal health care plan.. and at the same time make universal health care optional. But there would be a tax increase of 5 percent to income taxes to cover universal health care if the working class is only paying 1 percent in income taxes then they can afford the 5 percent universal health care tax since 6 percent all together is less than they are currently paying now.. Even those who elected not to receive universal health care will still be subject to the tax because the second you can't afford your health insurance payment along with co payment the balance would have the universal health care plan pick up the rest since all health care providers are non profit they need payment regardless.. The universal health care plan would have no denials or co payments of any kind
And if there's a something health wise you need to get don't get or special meds you need just pick up the phone and go do what you got to do and pay nothing as your payment is already taken care of with that 5 percent universal health care tax. And yes the wealthy would also be taxed as well for the universal health care tax because health care is a human right no matter what income level you are. So even though the wealthy could afford private for profit insurance. And with me allowing to have the health insurance companies charge whatever they want and deny coverage to whoever they want since universal health care is in place even the wealthy will need medical care as they will be handing the for profit health insurance companies money for no coverage since they can deny coverage on anything they want now and do whatever their little heart desires. The pharmacy s would work the same as they do now get your meds where ever you want the only difference with universal health care is. There's no co payment So you just sign for your meds and that's it and there's no denial from the insurance companies on the life saving meds you need because the insurance company doesn't want to pay for that drug.
Education: Right now we only currently spend 2 to 3 percent of the budget on education. Just 2 to 3 percent. That's sad its no wonder why the world is growing around us as we get dumber in society. So I would impose that we spend 25 percent of our budget on education. Sounds crazy I know but then again if we were all educated we wouldn't be spending money on prisons and rehab programs now would we. I would also make all schools year round with an 8 hour school day. Yeah totally sucks I know but we need to ensure our kids future. Because in the real world they will be working year round and 8 or more hours a day so why not is school as well. School is a child's career so let's get the child use to a career in the real world. I know there's some issues with kids having to be at school at 7am and doing everything they need to do. So I would impose that some schools work mainly in high school hours of 12pm to 9pm. Yes I said 12pm to 9pm and I said an 8 hour school day and that's 9 hours. I just failed to mention that they get 8 hours of education a day and that 1 hour lunch break doesn't count as time like in the real world.
Healthy Food. Its every humans right to get healthy food and a privilege to get junk food. So I would impose a 30 percent tax on all junk food and drinks. Now some people may say your controlling what I'm eating. My answer is no I'm not you can eat all the junk food you want your just going to pay a 30 percent tax to do so. What would that tax go towards? well I would use that money to give to suppliers of healthy food to make their food affordable for all and have healthy school lunches and breakfast free for all family income levels. I would also ban the use of food stamps on junk food and drinks. Now that fresh and healthy food is affordable and as cheap as the junk food your use to buying there's no need for junk food and drinks. This tax would also allow us to make better choices for us and allow us to cut spending on our universal health care. because people are saying we are spending too much money on health care I figure. if your healthy with no illnesses or diseases then there's less hospital visits and treatments. That in turn would allow us to spend less money on health care. It is a social responsibly for us to not only take care of us but help take care of the world around us as well. So to ensure us that we can take care of our people I will make healthy unused land in non urban areas ment to grow healthy foods for us. Since there will be tons left over and we don't want the food to go to waste we will allow other countries to buy our leftovers since we grew too much in the first place and export them out which would generate more revenue coming into the united states.
Jobs: That has been a huge issue for us here in the united states and across the world not to mention the everyday cost of living. So I would create new jobs and high paying jobs by giving big companies tax breaks. Yes they are people here in the united states and deserve tax breaks just like you and me. So here's what will happen instead of companies hiring all these 8 to $10 an hour jobs and only working 7 hours a week. Saying they are creating jobs and helping give me a break. If they want tax breaks and work their way up to paying zero taxes since big companies want to pay zero taxes. If your company has over 1500 people worldwide including independent contractors since the company could afford independent contractors then they can afford employees. Then they must have at least 85 percent of their staff making $30,000 a year or more in this united states 85 percent does not include forge ion countries. This would be more affordable because with awesome tax breaks and the universal health care system in place big companies would no longer be shelling out money for health insurance benefits. This would also cut spending by the government because we would be spending less money in section 8 and food stamps and programs like that since there are now decent paying jobs. This would also help a business expand by getting more business as we spend money companies make money where they have to expand and get bigger as there's more money flowing in the market the business would be able to expand and make more money. Now companies may say we will go else where. I say bye don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. The american consumer is number 1 in the world you need us. So to ensure that you keep jobs here you will be taxed heavily for anything coming into this country if you bring a piece of paper over here then you will be taxed. If that company decided to pull out. While imposing reasonable rate caps on goods and services to ensure you don't gauge the customer. Oh yeah and your business tax is going to be based on worldwide company earnings and if you have say an office the size of a studio apartment here in the united states because you moved more jobs overseas you will still be taxed. That tax money would go to unemployment and government benefits since they are unable to get a job because you moved everything overseas.
Marijuana: I would legalize weed and tax weed along with regulating it to 21 and up. Its no different than cigarettes if not safer. Plus you can use weed for medical reasons. For this case I would use the tax for the weed to subsidize weed to low income people that need it for medical purposes. Weed would be allowed to be grown at home but only if they pay a yearly tax on doing so to contribute to low income people being able to get weed for medical reasons. Failure to do so would be tax evasion with very stiff pent lites. This would not also bring in a revenue but it would cut our government spending by less people being in jail for just weed. Since currently most of our spending is just for convictions over weed.
Wall Street: currently the bankers and stock brokers are taking advantage of the american people and the US government since cities and towns right here in america went to big banks for sub prime loans on stuff like road repair and basic needs. Then just like when the interest went up on everybody's homes So did the interest go up on the loans for american cities basic needs and now cities can't afford a police department now. I would impose strong regulation on banks to make sure this doesn't happen again and loans banks give to the government for basic city/county needs will have interest capped at 2 percent.
Banks borrowed a lot of money from us without any intention to pay us back. If we took out a loan and couldn't pay the banks would of taken over our shit. Therefore every bank that borrowed money from us has 6 months to pay us back failure to pay us back would result in well us calling your bank the real bank of america because we will take over your shit like you did us with our houses putting us on our asses. The money received from the banks goes directly towards our national debt payment.
Social Security: we all need to retire at one point and by the time our kids are older including the young adults there won't be social security. So we will pay it back from the taxes we are getting from the wealthy and big companies while still being able to maintain basic functions of the united states. Also currently the wealthy doesn't pay social security after they make so much money but yet when they retire they collect that shit. So the wealthy will have to pay the social security tax just like everyone else with no tax freezes on the social security tax.
Oil/Energy: We will invest money in renewable energy and give tax breaks for an oil free company or person.
Gay Marriage: Here in america everyone has the right to love a person it doesn't matter if your gay bi straight or transgendered or lesbian. Therefore I would make gay marriage legal. Now everyone also has the right to their beliefs so if your a church or pastor then you don't have to merry a couple its your right to say no. But if your church does any type of social services then your church will help a gay family just like you would a straight family.
Religion: Everyone has the right to worship on what they be leave in that's a part of being spiritual. So the government won't inter fear with your right to worship or impose or pass laws on any religions point of view and it will be neutral at all times.
Abortion: Even though my personal choice would be never to have someone get or want an abortion the fact is its going to be around regardless if its banned or not and if its banned its going to be on the black market causing women to die. So abortions will always be a choice BUT it will be heavily regulated to insure abortions are done safely and the women must be aware of all of her options besides abortions in a neutral way so that way the women can make an educated choice on if she's going to have one or not based on her beliefs and morals.
Transparency: as a tax payer you have a right to know everything after all its your money So if you or your business wants to know anything about where your money is going you will have the right to do so once you prove your a tax payer. Even if you pay 1 penny a year in taxes just prove that and your fine since its any tax payer.
Lobbyist: K ST here in Washington DC is filled with nothing but lobbyist. What do they do they are paid by big companies to influence politicians by bribes payments and black mail to get what they want. Therefore lobbying would be banned and the only influence they politicians are allowed to receive is from the people that is bribe and black mail free.
Protesting: I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech and freedom to protest. Therefore anyone has the right to protest on anything peacefully and also in a way where it doesn't harm other people mentally or physically such as protesting at a soldiers funeral and putting their friends and family through that mental torment.
Global Warming/Enviormental issues: we will put tough regulations on companies on how they operate enviomentally to reduce the green house gases and the effects of global warming.
Abuse of Power: No public servant should abuse their power at anytime for anything. Any abuse of power would result in corrective action no questions asked
Now these are some of just many things I'd defently work on if I was president of course there's a million and one more subjects and issues that need to be addressed But these are just the basics that I think would make this great country a better place for everyone all over the world. Now I know I won't be president but just thinking about it let's me be creative about how to make the world around us better. My plan isn't perfect and maybe you don't agree with it. That's cool I can respect that but most of all maybe anyone reading this today no matter where you are would at least start to think of your ideas for your country to make it a better place and all of us can come together with our elected officials and do something to make a change for our world and children's world
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Anger
With bitterness there's always anger and I've found that in my life I've had a lot of anger. From my mother doing the bullshit she was doing to the mental abuse I went through as a kid everyday. For years I had to carry all that anger and it took a toll on me. Some people would say if they knew me 10 years ago I was just nothing but a pissed off asshole. And you know what they were right I was a pissed off asshole. Even in a lot of ways as I got older to even when me and kevin started our relationship. But I've found out why I was angry and that was because I still never forgave and got over the bitterness I had. Sadly to some part I think I do have some bitterness and hate in my heart towards my mother at times but day by day I'm working to change that. I still haven't fully completed the process. That will most likely take a few more years and that's OK its better than me not doing anything. I've found at least in my life that the process of getting over bitterness and anger is one of the hardest things to do and that if the issue doesn't get resolved then it can hold your life back from being the ultimate person you were born to be to change the world.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Bitterness
One thing I experienced about being outted was I was not only angry but I had a lot of bitterness from it. Of course that's a normal feeling of being human but for me it was so bad where I didn't care if someone lived or died and of course that's wrong for me to feel but I'm not going to lie about that. In fact I was actually bitter until my dad called and said he had cancer. Then after I got over the shock and forgave him it really got me to think. Just because there's a fucked up situation is it really worth having that bitterness and hate in my heart and soul. My answer was no of course looking back now there was a lot of selfishness behind being bitter and me just wishing the worst on that person involved but that's all that was and that is dead wrong. Now don't get me wrong I didn't wish cancer on my dad I wasn't that bad but I did not give a shit about him and because of how he treated me and did I have my right for that well maybe I really can't answer that but looking back now I now know he's a human being with a soul just like me and you. So to make someone feel or have those thoughts of the hate I had was just wrong. Of course your probley saying I'm an asshole and I deserve it but you can't tell me if you look at yourself that there's someone in your life that you don't feel that way about. Just like there's someone that thinks that about you. Its just a matter if you wake up and go you know what if something happened to this person would I still feel this way or would I feel bad that it happened. And if the answer is I would feel bad after you look down deep into your heart and soul then you need to get rid of that bitterness and start to figure out how to start the process of forgiveness. And yes its a process I used to think this shit happens over night but it doesn't its a whole process that might take 2 days or 2 years it doesn't fucking matter. What does matter is that you decided to remove the bitterness in your heart and soul So you can start that process of forgiveness before its too late and you not only hurt yourself but those around you as well who feel the effects of the bitterness you have
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Being Outted
One thing I would say about forgiveness is life always brings you curves where you have to do so. The person in my life my cousin well call her Becky (not using her real name for her private reasons) Me and Becky were close I didn't meet her until I was 16. She was living in San Francisco. So there was quite a distance but we talked on the phone almost everyday we had that special bond. Me and my dad would look after her mom and check up on her and would spend nights in the hospital waiting room and I'd be on the phone with her letting her know what's up. We shared secrets that we would hide between the family about one another it was fucking awesome. Until one day she be trade me. She was the only one in the family that knew that I'm gay. I was living in Maryland at the time was just getting. Started in my relationship with kevin and I was just really getting to know my dad and I was also dealing with accepting on myself being a gay man. I was 21 years old at the time so I was a young adult also. One day I was on the phone with her and I told her that I met kevin I think he's the one I'm going to Merry. Now keep in mind at that time it was when gay marriage just became legal in Mass and nowhere else. So she told my aunt ill call her Aunt Joan anyways After Becky told Aunt Joan. Aunt Joan tells my dad$ so I get an Email from my dad going in detail everything I told Becky. I knew Becky was involved from the start because no one I knew or hung around with talked to my family. So I had to call my dad and it wasn't good. My dad pretty much disowned me because he feels that being gay is wrong and he doesn't want to go to hell for me being gay and just some crazy shit. So then I called my cousin Becky and she didn't answer her phone So I left a voice mail just saying hey I need some advise I talked with my dad and he's acting strange what should I do. I never said I knew she outted me. So then 2 weeks pass and I still never heard from Becky so Becky knew I knew and she didn't want to explain to me why she did what she did and that she's sorry. So I would of forgave her but no. So ever since then I really never talked to her again to this day. Now it took me years to forgive her but I finally came around. So if she called me I would talk to her especially since now she's going through health problems. The reason why we still haven't talked and became close again is that Becky never forgave herself and when you can't forgive yourself over something you can't ask for forgiveness for yourself. Now my dad on the other hand is much different. We didn't talk for well over a year if we did it was litterly hi and bye a 30 second phone call just to make sure we both were alive. Because of all the hate that my dad brought to me at that point since he was homophobic we had a major fallout. Then one day in June right before his birthday I got a call I looked at my phone and it was my dad. Now I didn't talk to him for months then. So when I saw his number on caller I.D. I automatically thought oh what the fuck do you want asshole. But something told me to answer the phone which I did and when I said hello I heard a panic in his voice and he was scared so I heard something was wrong. Then he said Jake I have cancer and I was thrown back. I just froze I didn't know what to say. Then he said it again and I was like holy shit the person that's always been strong I've never seen this man have something happen to him did. I then felt bad and guilty we had this fallout. So we talked a bit he told me what made them think to start testing him. And he said he was sorry. The cancer caused us to become close again and sadly it took cancer for him to forgive himself for the hate he had in his heart. I could see that from talking to him. Of course my bitterness didn't leave overnight but I was able to allow him back into my life with open arms because he was able to forgive himself to make way for me to forgive him. I'm sad we lost that time we could of had together but I can't look back on that as I have forgiven him and moved on to build on that relationship we didn't and we missed. But to be honest with you even though there was a lot of shit going on it was a relief for him to know. I was going to come out to him and we both agreed ed I should of told him but we were glad its over that was a dark past we had. One thing I've learned about being outted is it was horrible to go through but after everything was said in done. It was a relief to have that hidden secret out and over with as it was tearing me up inside. Also as I look at my life as a gay adult it does get better the older you get being gay. You just have to make it through your teen years and sometimes young adult years to really be the person you are and know life is great and normal like everyone else. Don't wait and let a bad tragedy bring you together it will be alright for both of you. As for Becky if she can forgive herself then that's all she has to do because I already forgave her and if she ever wanted to contact me and talk about it I'm here and if not that's cool as I can respect that and wish Becky the best in life as she will always have a place in my heart if she ever needed me or we one day could rebuild our relationship since life is short.
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